Kamalii can now communicate with me. Or rather, she can spit out a panic if she starts to fill with water.
I have installed a GSM telemetry unit that I have hooked up to the existing bilge alarm system so that if any of the three bilge alarm zones (Forward, Engine, Aft) should activate then Sharon and I will get a text message telling us which alarm is going off, and also when the alarm ceases. If either of us do not acknowledge the alarm within 5 minutes it will then send a text to my father as back-up.
I should say that Kamalii's bilges are dry to the point that a fibreglass boat would be envious, but better safe than sorry (and of course I can never resist the opportunity to be a geek.)
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| Bilge alarm junction box (left) hooked up to isolation relays that signal the telemetry unit. |
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| Telemetry unit. |
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| All assembled. The extra cable glands are for cabling for a Low Battery alarm input, and for an output from the telemetry unit that will trigger the bilge alarm so I can remotely send a text message and confirm that everything is working. Will finish installing those this week. |
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